25 Unrecorded English Crime and Execution Broadsides, 1810-1879.
The Only Known Copies [Broadsides]. [Crime]. [Unrecorded English Crime and Execution Broadsides]. England, [1810-1879]. 25 broadsides ranging in size from 19-1/2" x 9-3/4" (49.5 x 24.5 cm) to 8-3/4" x 6-1/2" (22.2 x 16.7 cm), 14 mounted to larger backing sheets or boards. Moderate toning, light creasing or edgewear, small holes in places without loss to legibility. Overall, 25 rare items in good condition. $25,000. * Hastily written, cheaply printed and sold in their thousands on street corners or at executions throughout the nineteenth century, English crime and execution broadsides are important examples of the development of modern print culture and provide interesting insights for the social historian of today. The broadsides in this collection represent the only known copies, with no others recorded on OCLC, Library Hub or in institutional collections such as those at Harvard or the British Library. They provide grisly accounts of murder, necrophilia, rape, domestic abuse, infanticide and labor unrest. The executions they document were solemn and uneventful, or carried out by celebrity executioners, or, in one case, never happened at all. Some include elaborate woodcuts or verses. Others are simple columns of hastily struck type. All provide a unique picture of criminal justice in England from the days of the Bloody Code to the reforms of the Victorian era. Detailed physical and content descriptions of each item are available on request. The group includes: - The Apprehension and Examination of T. Ainslie and J. Martin 2 Well Known Thieves.... [London]: D. & H. Carpue. Printers, [1834]. - Dreadful Murder of a Son, And Suicide of the Father.... [London]: Printed by T. Birt, [1837]. - Calendar of the Prisoners, At Chelmsford, On Monday, March, 11, 1816. London: [George] Pigott, Printer, [1816]. - A Narrative of the Trial, Together with the Last Dying Words, Speech, And Confession of Joshua Beaumont.... Leicester: From W. Storry's, [sic] Copy [,] York; Reprinted by Pares, 1810. - Life, Trial, Confession, And Execution of F.B. Courvoisier.... [London]: Paul & Co., Printers, [1840]. - Trials and Execution of John and Robert Greers, Two Brothers.... [London]: Catnach, Printer, [1817]. - The Trial, Confession and Execution of W. Hardiment, Who was Executed on Monday, The First Day of.
Price: $25,000.00
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